Laundry-iron.



No. 788,587. PATENTED MAY .2, 1905. M. MAVIS.

LAUNDRY IRON.

APPLIOATION FILED 11.31, 1902.

Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

MARY MAVIS, OF MILWVAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

LAUNDRY-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,587, dated May 2,1905. Application filed January 31, 1903. Serial No. 141,311.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY MAVIS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWiscousin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLaundry-Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to devices for ironing fabrics after same have beenwashed; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction andcombination of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of my entiredevice in operative position, parts being shown in section to betterillustrate certain details of construction. Fig. 2 is aview in endelevation of the upper part of the device. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsectional View taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. I

My device is especially designed for ironing such fabrics as from theirpeculiarity of shape or arrangement of parts are not readily subject tobeing ironed by an ordinary flatiron; and to this end the deviceconsists principally of a suitably-shaped block (preferably of oval oreg -shaped contour) supported by an upright shank on a movable device,as hereinafter specified.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, 1 represents the shank,preferably of metal and cylindrical in form, its lower end being squaredoff on tapered lines, as shown at 2, while to its upper end is rigidlysecured the ironing-block 3, preferably of oval or egg-shaped form andof polished steel. The direct supporting means consist of a clamp 4,adapted to be secured to a table or other support 5 by a set-screw 6 andprovided with a pair of cars 7 8, rigidly secured to and projecting fromthe vertical wall of said clamp, one ear below the other. The upper ear7 is formed with a round hole therethrough of substantially the samecontour as the shank, but allowing the shank to move therein, and thelower ear 8 is provided with a square hole in line with the round holeabove, the square hole being of less diameter than the round hole.

The operation of my device will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription of its construction taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings. The clamp 4 being aflixed to a table or otherconvenientsupport, the ironing-block 3 is heated in any suitable manner,and its shank thrust into the holes in the ears 7 8 on the said clamp.By reason of the described squaring of the taperedlower end of the shankl the ironing-block 3 maybe made to project in any direction desired bythe user and will be firmly held in the preferred position, and then thefabric or article to be ironed is moved back and forth over the block 3in just the reverse operation to that when goods are ironed by aflat-iron.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a clamp of a pair of vertically-arranged earsprojecting laterally therefrom, the upper ear having a perforationtherethrough, and the lower ear having a square perforation therethroughin line with, but of less diameter than the hole above the same, andacylindrical shank in movable engagement with said perforated ears, thesaid shank having a laterally-projecting block. rigidly secured to itsupper end, and having its lower end squared off on tapered lines,whereby the direction of projection of the said block may be changed,and its shank held firmly in each adjusted position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 1 have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in

the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, in the presence of twowitnesses.

MARY MAVIS. Witnesses:

H. Gr. UNDERWOOD, JOHN Horn.

